8:54 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Lionel Messi and Barcelona have reached an agreement for the forward to sign a new five-year deal with the Catalan club, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Sources added Messi has accepted a significant wage reduction to prolong his stay. Messi was a free agent after his contract at
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12:45 PM ET Outside Red Bull Arena, the clinks of Coronas, a blaring Bad Bunny track and the anxious frenzy of juggling circles score the dusk. Inside, a sprite with copper-tinged hair skates around his contemporaries in hot pink cleats: Sporting Kansas City midfielder, Gianluca Busio, still weeks shy of his 19th birthday. Sporting KC
1:44 AM ET England defender Harry Maguire said his father was left with rib injuries and struggled to breathe after being trampled by fans during crowd disturbances at Wembley Stadium before the Euro 2020 final against Italy. Supporters clashed with each other and officials, breached security cordons and charged into the perimeter area of Wembley
4:58 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are hoping Marcus Rashford will recover from shoulder surgery in time to feature in a crucial run of fixtures for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side at the end of October, sources have told ESPN. Rashford is set to undergo surgery on his left shoulder after being hampered by it
4:43 AM ET An anti-racism petition to ban those who have carried out racist abuse, online or offline, from all football matches in England for life has gained over one million signatures. The petition was created in response to the online racist abuse towards England players Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho following the
2:29 AM ET Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said winger Bukayo Saka is a “strong character” and backed the teenager to overcome the racist abuse directed at him on social media after his miss in England‘s shootout defeat to Italy in Sunday’s Euro 2020 final. The 19-year-old missed England’s final spot-kick after Marcus Rashford, 23, and
12:31 AM ET Qatar’s Almoez Ali (19) celebrates scoring against Panama. Omar Vega/Getty Images After a nearly two-hour weather delay to start the match, Qatar and Panama followed a scoreless first half by combining for six second-half goals in a wild 3-3 draw on Tuesday in CONCACAF Gold Cup play at BBVA Stadium in Houston. In
4:00 AM ET Gianluca Vialli made me choke up. And to think, this wasn’t my first rodeo. Between World Cup finals, Champions League finals and Europa League finals, playoff finals, domestic cup finals, European Championship and Copa America finals … I’m well north of 60 in a professional capacity. When you have the privilege of
5:28 PM ET United States goalkeeper Ethan Horvath signed with Championship side Nottingham Forest, the English club announced on Tuesday. – Stream LIVE games and replays on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Horvath joins Forest as a free agent from Belgian side Club Brugge, where he had made 64 appearances across all competitions since 2016. He also
4:50 PM ET Serie A side AS Roma have signed goalkeeper Rui Patricio from Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, the two clubs said on Tuesday, with the Italian club paying an initial fee of €11.5 million ($13.54 million). – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Don’t have ESPN? Get instant access The Portugal